Level 3 exemplar

Comments

The candidate’s answers show adequate knowledge and understanding of the facts, concepts and principles in the curriculum. S/he demonstrates some understanding of scientific investigation methods, such as drawing conclusions (Paper 1B Q.4 and Q.7) and retrieving information related to a phenomenon (Paper 1B Q.6). In questions on familiar situations (Paper 1B Q.1, Q.2, Q.3, Q.5 and Q.6), s/he failed to apply relevant knowledge fully to explain the given phenomena. In the essay question (Paper 1B Q.11), s/he included a lot the irrelevant information.